Firearm.



PATENTED' AUG. 27, 1907.

J. M. BROWNING.

FIREARM. APPLICATION FILED DEG-5,1806.

awvcadoz JOHN M. BROWNING, OF OGDEN, UTAH.

FIREARM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed December 5, 1906. serial No. 346,432.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. BROWNING, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Ogden. in the county of Weber and State of Utah, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Firearms. of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to firearms.

The invention more particularly resides in the connecting interlockingparts between the sliding handle and the bar which operates theactuating mechanism, such as the main gun parts, or the extractor, orthe like.

With this object in view, the invention consists in the followingconstruction and combination of parts, the details of which will befully described and the features of novelty set forth and claimed.

Generally in guns which are operated by a sliding handle upon oradjacent to the magazine or the barrel,

. the bar that connects the handle with the actuating mechanism isfastened with a bushing which goes partly or entirely through thehandle. This bushing is usually fastened to the handle by a nut on thefront end of the bushing or by screws passing through the wood into thebushing. If the bar is connected directly with the handle the connectionis made by screws fastened through the handle into the bar itself. Thefirst method is expensive and heavy. In the second the screws arecontinually working out owing totheshock of firing, moving the handleback and forth quickly in loading. The above invention is designed toentirely obviate these annoying objections nd will now be particularlydescribed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a firearm, partly broken away, to whichthe invention is applied: Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken throughthe sliding handle showing the bar connected thereto: Fig. 3 is across-section taken through the magazine and handle upon the line 33 ofFig. 1: Fig. 4 is a horizontal crosssection of the handle and connectingbar showing the connection in modified form; Fig. 5 is a. side elevationof the bar shown in Fig. 4: and Fig. 6 is a crosssection taken on theline 66 looking in the direction of arrow.

In the drawings, 1 represents the barrel; 2, the mag. zine; 4, thehandle sliding thereon; 5, a portion of the actuating mechanism shown indotted lines and partly broken away; 6, the bar connecting the handle 4and actuating mechanism 5. The barb is preferably 1 into or set in arecess in the interior of the handle 4 a1 is provided with studs 7 whichare rigidly secured to integrally formed with the bar. It will be notedth the bar is assembled in the handle from the inside at that when thehandle 4 is slipped upon the magazi the parts are all securely lockedagainst any (llSPliU ment.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6. instead of the bar being provid with studs 7, acrescent-shaped head 8 of any approv form is secured upon the bar 6.This head 8 is cessed within the handle 4, the inner face being fir withthe magazine upon which the handle slides. 'I assembly of bar 6 is madefrom the inside and int locked by sliding the handle upon the magazinei: manner similar to that of the bar shown in Figs. 1, 2 3. In thismodification the interlocking parts do show exteriorly upon the handle.

While I have shown a bar having interlocking p: fashioned, for example,as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. it is evident that the form of theinterlocking parts n be varied within considerable range of equivalei Itis also obvious that such an interlocked bar and s ing handle can beadapted to a different style of than is shown anddescribed. For example,the har might slide upon simply a tubular or other guide instead ofsliding under the barrel. It can also used with styles of magazine gunsother than the here described.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a tubular magazine, a sli handle embracing themagazine, a connector lying age the magazine and partly between themagazine and handle. and an outward projection on the connector gagingthe handle.

'2. The combination of a tubular magazine. :1 ha slidably embracing themagazine and having a recess. :1 connector partly lying between themagazine and ha and having a stud. the stud being inserted in the recesassemblingthe parts and securely retained in the l'( so as to retain theconnector in operative relation to handle, by engagement of the handlewith the mugazii In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature irpresence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. BRO\YNIN Witnesses MATTHEW GALT,

W. A. BARTLETT.

